Scribe Video Center

Scribe Video Center Scribe provides training in all aspects of film, video and audio production.

Very excited to announce we're AT CAPACITY for our final workshop of the summer season, "Produce and Host Your Own Podca...
09/10/2025

Very excited to announce we're AT CAPACITY for our final workshop of the summer season, "Produce and Host Your Own Podcast or Radio Show" led by Jimmy Bonds in our on-site radio station, .1fm!

Interested in being a broadcaster? Learn how at SCRIBE.ORG/WPEB 📻🔗

Stay ahead of the curve and join our mailing list to be the first to know about our upcoming Fall and Winter programming!

Photos from our recent “Digitize It” workshop with to teach folks how to digitize and preserve their audiovisual collec...
09/05/2025

Photos from our recent “Digitize It” workshop with to teach folks how to digitize and preserve their audiovisual collections. 🗃️🎞️Thank you to all those who attended!

Check out our upcoming Scribe workshops via the link in our bio or DM/comment “workshops” for more information! 💃🏽📽️🎙️✨

Join us for a free-flowing conversation with cinematographer Henry Adebonojo, who has worked with film directors such as...
09/04/2025

Join us for a free-flowing conversation with cinematographer Henry Adebonojo, who has worked with film directors such as Spike Lee and Raoul Peck.

💬 Q&A with Cinematographer
⏰ Tuesday, September 9 @ 7pm
🎟 $12, FREE for Scribe Members
📍 Scribe Video Center, 3908 Lancaster Avenue
🔗 Register at SCRIBE.ORG/WORKSHOPS

You may have questions about cameras, lenses, or lighting. You may have questions about how to assess the use of locations for your project, shooting interviews, and verité imagery. Come prepared with questions or simply listen in on the process. Your questions will drive the conversation!

🎥 About the Instructor:

Henry Adebonojo is a New York City based cinematographer and photographer with a twenty five year background in creating images and films. His work spans a variety of genres and pursuits–Documentary films, Promos and Commercials, Music Videos and various other Television projects. These include the Academy Award nominated documentary "I Am Not Your Negro" and the Emmy nominated "Half Past Autumn" for Magnolia Pictures and HBO respectively.

Scribe members please call or email us at [email protected] to register.

Join us at Scribe on Friday, September 21 for a Storyville screening of Virtually Free by André Robert Lee preceded by "...
09/03/2025

Join us at Scribe on Friday, September 21 for a Storyville screening of Virtually Free by André Robert Lee preceded by "Fight Until We Decay" by Ami Glazer in collaboration with .

Storyville: Virtually Free by André Robert Lee
⏰ Friday, September 12, 2025, 7 PM
🎟 $5, $3 for Scribe Members
📍Scribe Video Center
🔗 Register at SCRIBE.ORG/SCREENINGS

About the films:

📣 Virtually Free (USA, 2020, 40 minutes) by
In this film, we follow three teens: Sid, Taee, and AR currently being held in a Richmond, VA detention center, who are offered the chance to become activists speaking truth to power. Virtually Free is a documentary about unlikely allies who partner to transform the juvenile justice system and stop mass incarceration.

✊ Fight Until We Decay (USA, 2024, 9 minutes) by
In collaboration with Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP), Fight Until We Decay focuses on the experiences of formerly incarcerated youth and the historical and political contexts of youth incarceration in PA. This film amplifies YASP's mission and illustrates the detrimental effects of youth incarceration through data and personal testimony.

About the filmmakers:

André Robert Lee is a filmmaker and educator who teaches filmmaking at the Germantown Friends School, where he has developed a film program for middle and upper school students. André has also served as a professor of writing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. André’s work has explored various topics, from incarcerated youth and Civil Rights History to personal narratives of underrepresented communities.

Ami Glazer is a filmmaker and writer based in West Philadelphia and was a 2021 Recipient of the Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist Residency.

Inspiring moments from the screening of BUMPA (work in progress) by back on Friday, August 22nd, moderated by ! Scribe ...
09/03/2025

Inspiring moments from the screening of BUMPA (work in progress) by back on Friday, August 22nd, moderated by !

Scribe Video Center is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1982, with a focus on participatory community filmmaking. Join us for an upcoming screening or workshop at Scribe or become a member by visiting our website at SCRIBE.ORG. 🔗

Fall workshops and screenings to be announced soon! 👀

📸 photos by Cam Duncan

Join us this September at Scribe for a dynamic month of film focused on advocacy through storytelling! Friday, September...
09/02/2025

Join us this September at Scribe for a dynamic month of film focused on advocacy through storytelling!

Friday, September 12 @ 7pm
✊ Storyville: Virtually Free by André Robert Lee (USA, 2020, 40 minutes) preceded by FIGHT UNTIL WE DECAY (USA, 2024, 9 minutes) by Ami Glazer
These two impactful films focus on the experiences of formerly incarcerated youth and the ongoing fight to transform the juvenile justice system and stop mass incarceration.

Thursday, September 18 & Friday, September 19 @ 7pm
📽 Body of Work: Tony Heriza
Join us for two evenings with filmmaker and educator, Tony Heriza. Harkening back to his collective filmmaking background, Heriza’s two projects: “Facing the Wind” and the “Art of Survival” will illustrate how those collaborative roots dictate the stories he documents.

Friday, September 26 @ 7pm
🔥 Producers' Forum: The Five Demands by Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller (USA, 2023, 74 minutes)
Through archival footage and present-day interviews, The Five Demands is the riveting story of a student strike fueled by the revolutionary fervor sweeping the United States at the time.

Register today at SCRIBE.ORG/SCREENINGS or comment "Screenings" below for the link! 🔗

The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project
The Five Demands Film

Join us for the final Street Movies! event of the year 📽🎷✨ 🤝 In partnership with , featuring a live performance by and ...
08/27/2025

Join us for the final Street Movies! event of the year 📽🎷✨

🤝 In partnership with , featuring a live performance by and a screening of five short films, followed by a community discussion.

⏰ Wednesday, August 27 at 7:45PM
📍One Art Community Center, 1431-39 N 52nd St
🔗 Link in bio or comment/DM us "Street Movies"

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Film Program:

wyba (the study of repetition)
dir. Myles Cream (2024, USA, 9 min)
A look at the daily pursuit of finding and losing inspiration as an artist.

It's Never Lonesome in Philadelphia
dir. Kiana Lattimore (2024, USA, 10 min)
Experimental documentary on the power of love in the Black community of Philadelphia.

Come Dance With Me
dir. Nwaọ (2025, USA, 8 min)
Come Dance With Me is a visual archive in the form of a short film, documenting and exploring the stories of dance in the Black Diaspora across history, centering gender and sexuality-marginalized folks.

Waiting Onna Punch
dir. Victoria Wilcox ( 2023, USA, 4 min)
After recovering from Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Steven "W*P" Williams finds his place in the rink. Through hard work, he lands the opportunity to compete for a place on the Olympic boxing team for the upcoming Olympic trials.

The Brothers That Broke Bread
dir. Victoria Wilcox (USA, 10 min)
A young Black saxophonist in Philadelphia navigates the hardship of finding his voice as a musician in a predominantly White college. Through a battle of self-doubt and determination, Josh finds his place in the Philly jazz scene through brotherhood and resilience.
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For over two decades now, Street Movies! has been a great way for people to gather together, engage with independent film, and foster discussion around the cultural histories of their neighborhoods and issues affecting their communities.

All screenings are free, open to the public, and family-friendly!




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There’s still space in our BRAND NEW workshop focusing on capturing the essence of movement on video. Dance documentaria...
08/26/2025

There’s still space in our BRAND NEW workshop focusing on capturing the essence of movement on video.

Dance documentarian Torian Ugworji will lead participants in learning filmmaking techniques, movement theory, and aesthetic crafting. This workshop is for those enthusiastic about dance, animation, and directing, as we will explore the foundational building blocks for each art form. Come prepared to move, break down cinematography, and craft your dance with this workshop.

Begins Saturday, September 6th at 2:00PM and runs for three sessions. Register now at scribe.org/dance or with the QR code!

Join us tonight at 7:30PM in Chinatown for Street Movies! with Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation! ⏰ TODAY, ...
08/21/2025

Join us tonight at 7:30PM in Chinatown for Street Movies! with Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation!

⏰ TODAY, Thursday, August 21 @ 7:30PM
📍 Chinatown Community Garden, 227 N 11st St

We invite you to join us for a performance by Valentina Janie, followed by a screening of four short films from the US and China and community conversation, hosted by Gabriella Hsu.

Film Program:

🇨🇳 Chinatown Life Story 华埠生活故事
dir. Termite TV Collective (2002, 26 min)
In 2002, Termite TV collaborated with Tien Duong, Barbara Jerome, and Michael Zhao – participants from the Asian Arts Initiative's Youth Arts Workshop – to produce this portrait of the people who live, work, or just pass through Chinatown, Philadelphia.

💭 Let me take you home 阿爺 我們回家
dir. Evelyn Hang Yin (2022, USA, 6 min)
LET ME TAKE YOU HOME follows the journey of Ah Yeh as he meanders through the dreamscape of an old Chinatown, where he is joined by others from his time and finds home to his granddaughter.

🤝He 他
dir. Yihui Hu (2025, USA, 24 min)
Jing He, a 17-year-old Chinese American girl, is living the life she's always dreamed of—balancing school, friends, and family. But things change the day her father returns from China with a startling revelation: he has a teenage son from another woman. Suddenly, Jing finds herself facing a new family dynamic, as she navigates the unexpected arrival of a half-brother she never knew existed.

🌄The Other Side of the Mountain 山的另一边
dir. Yumeng Shirley He (2024, USA, China, 19 min)
At the behest of his elderly mother, a painter embarks on a quest to find his family’s old apartment in the labyrinthine hills of Chongqing in southwestern China.

Free, family-friendly, and open to the public!

📸 photos from Chinatown Street Movies! 2024, taken by Calvin Leon

Link in bio to RSVP for tonight's event or comment / DM us "Chinatown" for the link! 🔗

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday for the SOLD OUT premiere of the 2024 Precious Places short films! 📽️✨The ...
08/20/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday for the SOLD OUT premiere of the 2024 Precious Places short films! 📽️✨

The films showcased:
🎓 West Philadelphia High School (West Philadelphia)
📚 The Cure at Simon Gratz High School (Hunting Park)
🏘️ UC Townhomes (West Philadelphia)

Photos by 📸

🎬 About Precious Places:
Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project documents spaces that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live.

Precious Places teaches the video production process to participating groups, fostering projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods best.

DM us “Precious Places” for more information on how you can apply for the next cycle! 📲

THE PRECIOUS PLACES COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION, DOLFINGER-MCMAHON FOUNDATION, AND THE ALSTON BEECH FOUNDATION.





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Scribe Video Center was founded in 1982 as a place where emerging and experienced media artists could gain access to the tools and knowledge of video making and work together in a supportive environment. Scribe provides training in all aspects of film, video and audio production. We also offer classes in computer-based interactive media to individuals and community organizations as well. We give emerging and mid-level video makers the skills and opportunity to use video and film as tools for self-expression and for representing and supporting their communities.